Sunday, November 1, 2015

The Legend of Re-Halloween 2015: 6 Years Strong!

It's the 6th year of celebrating Re-Halloween for me! If you've never hear the tale, gather round and read about this magical, mystical, semi-ancient tradition. Pull up a chair, throw some sawdust on the fire, and listen as ol' Barbecue17 tells you about the legend of Re-Halloween...

Despite all the planning, anticipation, and passion, Halloween
doesn't always happen the way you planned. That's what Barbecue17 and his friend Andrew experienced in 2010 when Halloween sort of fizzled. Bad
work schedules, minor illness, girl troubles, and other factors all
combined to ensure that Barbecue17 and Andrew didn't have a great
Halloween. Together, they decided to pretend to celebrate Halloween
again one week later. That gave them another week to carve pumpkins,
watch horror movies, wear costumes, and to enjoy the season.
Re-Halloween was such a success that its been celebrated and referenced
ever since. Candy and decorations go on sale, many Haunted Houses still
operate, and there's never a bad time to watch Trick 'r Treat.
Re-Halloween is sort of like a scarier version of the 12 Days of
Christmas.

I hope everyone had a wonderfully frightening and fun Halloween! I
certainly did! Of course, sometimes things just don't work out as
planned. Some years you just have a bad run. Other times, like this
year, I was so busy with great Halloween activities all day long that I
never got to do some stuff I intended to do such as watching Trick 'r Treat and Halloween. That's what Re-Halloween is for! You have one more week to squeeze in the things that really matter! Buy some candy on clearance! Wear you costume again with a group of friends (or buy one on clearance if you didn't participate yesterday)! Go to a corn maze! Enjoy one more week of freaky fall fun! I have plenty of Re-Halloween activities in store for you this week, so keep checking back!

It was a good run this year! Today I went out with the little one on a toy run and we definitely were getting in the Christmas mood. Halloween will probably make a return on my site next year sometime before it's expected. Christmas in July is a thing, isn't it? Halloween wants a non-holiday of its own, too...